Opinion

KATHMANDU: Risk of natural disasters grows in Nepal every year with the onset of rainy season. Around 100 people die each year of natural disasters related to floods and landslides, while properties worth millions are damaged. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, people lose their lives annually due to...

KP Sharma Oli In particular, I have very fond memories of my visit to the People’s Republic of China in March 2016 as Prime Minister of Nepal. During that visit, we, the leaders of Nepal and China, agreed to elevate our bilateral relations to a higher pedestal. We signed important agreements...

KATHMANDU: Waste pollution is alarmingly rising in the urban areas including Kathmandu Valley every now and then. Air pollution has crossed its limitation. Ordinary people are irked with the authorities for not doing anything effectively to curb the pollution. In the recent years, the pollution in Kathmandu Valley has...

KATHMANDU: World Environment Day! Prosperity and sustainable development is only possible when balanced development is executed. The country is heading towards development and prosperity along with exit from long transitional period and political instability. The expectaions of people are growing higher. The government, aiming to address their ambitious projects assured...

Kathmandu-In Nepal, farmers and agricultural producers are yet to benefit from ICT tools through which they can more easily access essential information regarding quality seeds, agriculture finance, irrigation, livestock care and market prices. Agriculture is facing new challenges. With rising food prices that have pushed over 40 million people into...

Dr. Sandra H. Magnus was the Executive Director Emeritus of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. She served as the Institute's fifth executive director from October 2012 until January 2018. Selected to the NASA Astronaut Corps in...

SHARAD K SHRESTHA Development is today’s agenda. Attaining sustainable development, however, demands due consideration to one of the key issues – environment. Sedimentation and discharge of industrial effluents are prominent sources of water pollution, and the burning of wood for fuel is a significant source of indoor air pollution and respiratory...

Reconstruction of heritage sites National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) had announced in November last year that it would train additional 54,000 masons to build earthquake-resilient structures by mid-January. The government has expressed commitment for expediting reconstruction of heritage sites destroyed by 2015 devastating earthquakes a number of times. A number of...

NANI RAUT, SMRITI GURUNG & BED MANI DAHAL Multiple Use Water Systems not only addresses water scarcity problems of communities but also helps empower women, as the precious time they loss to fetching water from faraway sources can be used in productive activities Water availability for household and agricultural purposes has...

SHARAD K SHRESTHA Nepal’s contribution to global warming is insignificant. The threat of climate change to the nation’s development efforts and to its economy, however, is serious. Increased incidence of droughts and delays in the monsoon rains has resulted in decline in food production over the past few years. Floods...